William Lee Davidson

William Lee Davidson (1746-1 February 1781) was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Biography
William Lee Davidson was born in 1746 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and his family moved to North Carolina in 1750. Davidson joined the North Carolina militia at the start of the American Revolutionary War, taking part in the 1775 Snow Campaign and taking command of the 4th North Carolina Regiment in 1776 with the rank of Major. Davidson was promoted to Lieutenant-Clonel of the 5th North Carolina Regiment after the Battle of Germantown, and he was wounded at the Battle of Colson's Mill, leading him to be absent from the disaster at the 1780 Battle of Camden. In September 1780, he opposed Charles Cornwallis and the British Army's entry into Charlotte, and on 1 February 1781 he was killed at the Battle of Cowan's Ford while attempting to prevent Cornwallis from re-entering North Carolina. Davidson was shot through the heart by a Tory guide, and his naked body was found later that day.